Apple + Oak Office Makeover

I am so excited to share the office makeover that we did for our friend Allison at her new shop, Apple & Oak in Nashville. We met while we were working on Kacey’s dining room and she has become one of my best friends. This past summer, as she was renovating her new location, I volunteered to help her design her office because I was in between projects and honestly, I just love being busy!

She told me that her dream office would be themed “’70s Barbie” and I knew it was going to be fun!!!!!

Here’s how it looked before we began …

The before was pretty crazy. The first time I walked through it, it was a dressing room from a shop that was previously renting the building. It’s basically a large closet—concrete floors, patched together walls with a LOT of pipes, and very, very sad lighting. We got right to work designing and had so much fun DIY-ing a ’70s Barbie-themed office for Allison.

I love love love what she did with the door (and this view) because you can see all the patterns at once!

She hired I Saw the Sign in Nashville to gold leaf “maximalist headquarters” on the door— it’s so pretty and obviously the perfect mantra for Allison’s aesthetic.

First, let’s talk about the wallpaper. I LOVE this wallpaper and it has been on my “wallpaper bucket list” (huh, that’s not a thing?) for a few years. It’s incredible! It’s made by Juju Papers. Since it’s a large scale pattern, I wanted to use it on just one wall for maximum impact.

And, one of my favorite details is this pink lucite marker board (it will be a DIY soon—Laura made it!). It was Allison’s biggest ask. She really wanted a giant marker board. I love how it’s beautiful AND functional (and PINK!).

This floor was maybe the most time consuming DIY we have ever done in the history of ABM, but look how magical it is!

We were originally looking at pink ceramic tiles for the space, but when the budget wouldn’t allow, so we decided to do a DIY painted floor instead. It’s SOOOOO pretty! I am really excited about how it turned out. (and yes, we’ll share the DIY in a post here soon!)